About this project

Zombies Hate Kung Fu - Comic Book Launch

£5,619

pledged of £5,000 goal

216

backers

If you've watched the video, you know that I'm
serious about creating an amazing Kung Fu action comic like no one has seen
before. I've been fortunate enough to find excellent professionals who's
passion is as strong as mine, now your money will make it all
happen. Every reward level has great incentives, so please help fund this
KickStarter project and claim yourself an exclusive reward.

What is 'Super Kung Fu Comic-Scoping'?

You may be familiar with traditional Rotoscoping, this is an animation technique
where animators trace over video footage, frame by frame, for use
in cartoons. I am taking this basic technique and expanding it to
produce fast paced Kung Fu comic action. I've written a dynamic script for Zombies
Hate Kung Fu, with gaps for the fight scenes. This is where Master Leo and
Super Kung Fu Comic-Scoping come in:

1) Master Leo will study the script and use his Kung Fu knowledge
and film choreography experience to design fight sequences to the quality of a
hard-hitting Hong Kong blockbuster.

2) Zombies will be played by well padded extras, and Master Leo will personally act out the fight sequences while filmed from several angles.

3) Reviewing the recorded footage, Master Leo and I
will pick out the key action images and storyboard the fight scene comic panels.

4) The storyboard work will go to the artist integrated with the
final script, giving a mix of traditionally written comic script to be created,
and annotated Super Kung Fu Comic-Scoped images to be accurately reproduced.

Making a final product that is the most electrifying, vibrant
and realistic Kung Fu comic possible. This is what makes Zombies Hate Kung Fu the unique comic project that you need to back!

So what's the story?

The graphic novel I'm launching covers a self contained story, introducing a Kung Fu expert called Mann and a horticulturaly gifted slacker called Ziggy. The two form a unique partnership, combining their disparate skills and allowing them to thrive in the face of the zombie apocalypse. Mann and Ziggy's 'easy' life of growing, trading and fighting is suddenly disrupted when they run into a scientist who has her own theory on the origin of the 'zombies', and how to deal with them. Reluctantly, Mann and Ziggy get thrown into her adventure of scientific experiments and running battles with a mysterious band of heavily armed strangers.

I'm really excited about getting this comics story out there, it's packed with action and a new take on the zombie genre, if you want to read it, you need to back it.

Rewards! Rewards! Rewards!

I've put together a string of rewards for all budgets,
shipping world wide and offering free postage to the USA,
Canada, UK and Europe (if
you need any clarification on this, just message me). All the rewards, listed
to the right of your screen, will help me fund the project and your
contribution is greatly appreciated. When the project is funded, I'll send a questionnaire
around to get email addresses for the digital copies and postal addresses for
the physical rewards. If you choose a t-shirt option, you get to chose from all the designs available, when the project ends. If you've chosen an art print you'll have a choice from 10
cool pages (including the covers) and people getting the rings will have the
choice of small/medium/large sizes. If you go for the ZOMBIE REWARD or 'THE BAD GUYS' REWARD level, you or a willing nominee will be drawn in the graphic novel as a a comic character, and everyone will see you beaten up by the awesome power of Kung Fu.

Option C: 'Zombies Hate Christmas' will be dispatched in time for Christmas day.

Risks and challenges

There aren't really any risks for delivering this project once the money is pledged. I have the script, I have the art and Kung Fu choreography professionals waiting and eager to start work. I have printers and casters standing by. I am eagerly waiting to package up all the rewards and ship them off to the backers once the project is funded and all the work is done. LETS DO THIS!

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £18 or more
About $29

PRINT REWARD. (Approx $29) You get the full, 120 page, printed graphic novel. Your name will appear on the 'thank you' list at the end of the comic.
[Postage is free to USA/Canada/UK/Europe, all others increase pledge by $10]

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £28 or more
About $45

PRINT & PLASTIC RING REWARD. (Approx $45) You get the full printed graphic novel, your name at the back of the comic AND a cool green plastic zombie ring, only available to backers of this KickStarter project. Three sizes S/M/L available.
[Postage is free to USA/Canada/UK/Europe, all others increase pledge by $12]

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £35 or more
About $56

PRINT & T-SHIRT REWARD. (Approx $56) You get the printed graphic novel AND an exclusive Zombies Hate Kung Fu t-shirt. Your name will appear on the 'thank you' list at the end of the comic. (Not part of package rewards below). [Postage is free to USA/Canada/UK/Europe, all others increase pledge by £10 / $16]

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £44 or more
About $71

PRINT & METAL RING REWARD. (Approx $70) You get the printed graphic novel, your name at the back of the comic AND a cool solid metal zombie ring, only available to backers of this KickStarter project. Three sizes S/M/L available.
[Postage is free to USA/Canada/UK/Europe, all others increase pledge by $15]

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £62 or more
About $99

ART PACKAGE REWARD. (Approx $99) You get the printed graphic novel, your name at the end of the comic, the metal zombie ring AND a high quality art print from the final graphic novel (choice of 10 pages).
[Postage is free to USA/Canada/UK/Europe, all others increase pledge by $15]

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £100 or more
About $160

ZOMBIE REWARD. (Approx $160) You get the all the stuff mentioned above, PLUS your likeness drawn into the comic as one of the zombies that gets smashed apart by Mann's Kung Fu skills. [Global postage is included]

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £125 or more
About $200

MACHINE-GUN MASSACRE ZOMBIE REWARD. (Approx $200) You get the printed graphic novel, your name at the end of the comic, the silver zombie ring PLUS your likeness drawn into the comic as one of the zombies that gets shot up in a hail of machine gun bullets. This will mean a really crisp, close up picture of you as a zombie, followed by a bloody machine gun death. [Global postage is included]

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £150 or more
About $240

'THE BAD GUYS' REWARD. (Approx $240) Don't want to be a zombie? With this reward level you get drawn in as a living, breathing, TALKING person. Impress your friends and family by showing them your human face in my comic, your character will be a bad guy who sets beaten up by Mann! PLUS you get the printed graphic novel, your name at the back of the comic AND a cool solid metal zombie ring. [Global postage is included]